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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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Plausible Contribution Memo
In its efforts to advance understandings of how to measure the effects and effectiveness of collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) on development results, the CLAIM Learning…
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Checklist for Defining Evaluation Questions
This checklist is to help USAID staff define, revise, and strengthen their evaluation questions.
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How-To Note: Evaluation Statement of Work
This How-To Note addresses key issues for USAID staff who are developing a Statement of Work for an externally contracted evaluation. Following these practices will help to…
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How-To Note: Preparing Evaluation Reports
This document establishes clear expectations for evaluation reports during the preparation of evaluation statements of work and the in-briefing of the evaluation team. These…
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USAID/Colombia Evaluation and Analysis for Learning Project (Mission Evaluation Contract)
This solicitation, posted on FedBizOpps.gov, provides an example from USAID/Colombia of a contract to obtain Mission-wide evaluation technical and advisory services. The contractor…
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Evaluation Report Template
This template is an optional tool to help improve consistency across evaluation reports.This content is currently under revision to align with the recently updated ADS 201. For…
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Assumptions, Conjectures, and Other Miracles: The Application of Evaluative Thinking to Theory of Change Models in Community Development
Unexamined and unjustified assumptions are the Achilles heel of development programs. In this paper, we describe an evaluation capacity building (ECB) approach designed to help…
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Measuring Value: Community of Practice Life Cycle Metrics
This power point presentation reviews metrics over a Community of Practice's life cycle.
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Quantitative Tools and Methods
Download this list of quantitative tools and methods that can be applied to evaluations.